Fabrication of a novel Mg-RE (Nd,Ce) intermetallic compound coating by molten salt diffusion and its effect on corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys

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• 作者：Baojun HAN (韩宝军)^a ; ^b ; ^{baojunhan@126.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Dongdong GU (古东懂)^b ; Qiong HE (何 琼)^b ; Xiaolian ZHANG (张小联)^a ; ^b ; Guanghuai PENG (彭光怀)^a ; ^b ; Chubin YANG (杨初斌)^a ; ^b
• 关键词：intermetallic compounds ; AZ91D magnesium alloy ; corrosion ; rare earth molten salts
• 刊名：Journal of Rare Earths
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：34
• 期：7
• 页码：731-735
• 全文大小：767 K

文摘

A novel Mg-rare earth (Nd,Ce) coating containing intermetallic compound was fabricated on the surface of the AZ91D magnesium alloy by bathing the sample in a NaCl-KCl-LiCl-NdCl₃-CeCl₃ molten salt. The cross-sectional morphology, microstructure and phase composition of the coating were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The corrosion resistance was characterized by the potentiodynamic polarization curves. The SEM observation indicated that a continuous and compact diffusion coating was obtained on the surface of SMATed AZ91D magnesium alloy and the XRD and TEM investigations revealed that the new phases were Al₂Ce and Al₂Nd intermetallic. The potentiodynamic polarization curves showed that the Mg-RE coating improved the corrosion resistance of the AZ91D magnesium alloy, and the corrosion current density of the coated sample was about 1510 mA/cm² lower than the uncoated sample.